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G. E. SALMON AND C. J. VOLKMAISL CIGARETTE AND CIGAR HOLDER.

APPLICATION 111150 MAR. 11, 19191 mum Patented 001. 21,1919.

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To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that we, GEORGE E. SALMON and CHARLES J. VOLKMAN, citizensof the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county ofPhiladelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Cigarette and Cigar Holders, of which the following is aspecification.

The invention relates to tobacco and more particularly to devices forthe smoking thereof, and has for an object to provide a holder for usein holding cigars and cigarettes and the like, and which will enable theuser to comfortably smoke a cigarette or cigar without staining thefingers and also enabling the user to smoke the cigarette or cigar to avery small stump.

Among other features the invention comprehends a holder for gripping themouth end of a cigar or cigarette and enabling the user to draw thegreater portion of the cigar or cigarette into the body of the holderand then push the cigar or cigarette forwardly as it is consumed,further providing for the smoking of the cigarette or cigar to a smallerstumpand at which time the stump can be readily-ejected from the holder.lln the further disclosure of the invention, reference is to be had tothe accompanying drawings constituting a part of this specification, inwhich similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in allthe views, and in which,

Figure 1is a plan view of the holder.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken through the holder on the line2-2 in Fig. 1, showinga cigarette secured in the holde ig. 3-is anelevation of the holder and e ector.

Fig. 4is a view looking at the front of the holder or ejector with apart broken away and shown in section to disclose the underlyingstructure. i

Fig. 5-is a vertical cross sectional view taken substantially on theline 55 in Fig. 2, and

Fig. 6is a fragmentary elevation of the holder, showing a cigar appliedthereto.

Referring more particularly to the views, the holder in its'entirety isindicated by the numeral 10 and consists. substantially of a mouth piece11 and a' casing or container 12, of a tubular nature and provided witha longitudinal slot 13'. A combined holder and ejector, shown in detailin Figs. 3, 4-, consists Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 8,

Patented 1919. Serial No. 281,336.

of a tubular stem 14 having a head 15, formed of a spring like material,providing gripping prongs 16, with a portion of the head 15 stamped orpressed out to provide a finger piece 17 adapted to extend through theslot 13 when the holder and ejector is arranged in the mouth piece andcontainer or casing as shown, with the stem 14 sliding in a-tubularportion 18 of the mouth piece.

lhe forward portion of the casing 12 is formed with a restricted opening19, this being accomplished by a turned in flange 20 at the forward orfree end of the casing and immediately behind this flange the'materialof the casing is slightly reduced to form an enlarged portion 20. Asuitable packing 21 can be arranged to encircle the stem 14, the packingbeing suit-ably seated in the mouth piece 11, this being provided toinsure proper draft through the tubular portion and the mouth piece.-

In use, the finger piece 17 is moved forwardly, thus sliding thecombined holder and ejector forwardly in the casing 12 and it will beSeen that when the head 15 reaches the enlarged portion 20 of thecasing, the gripping prongs 16 will spread out so that the cigarette 22can readily be secured in the head 15 and when the holder and ejector isretracted in the casin the restriction of the diameter thereof, wilcause the gripping prongs to securely grip the mouth endof thecigarette, and the restriction of the holder and ejector in the casing,will of course bring a portion of the cigarette into the casing as shownin Fig. 2. Now as the cigarette is smoked down to a stump, the fingerpiece 17 can be moved forwardly to bring a new portion of the cigaretteexterior of the casing and when the cigarette has been almost entirelyconsumed, the pro.- jection of the ward end of the casing, will againbrin the gripping members into the enlarged-forward portion thereof,causing them to spread out and release the cigarette so that it will beloosened, and the slight forward movement of the head in the casing willcause the stum of the cigarette, as the head strikes the ange 20, tofrom the holder.

In Fig. 6, we show substantially the same form ofholder as shown inFigs. 1, 2, except that in this instance we disclose a cigar 23 carriedby the holder and we also supply an additional covering or snufiermember head 15 to the exterior for impel or eject the cigarette 24,which may be slid over the casing 12 to snuif out a partially consumedcigar, in the eventthat the user does not desire to further smoke thecigar until some later time.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the device describedis of a simple construction, which consists of few parts that can bereadily assembled, and cannot readily get out of order.

Having described our claim- 1. A cigarette or cigar holder comprising amouth piece having a tubular portion, a longitudinally slotted casingprojecting from one end of the mouth piece, said casing having itsnormal diameter slightly enlarged at its free end, a flange formed onthe free end of the casing at the enlarged end and restricting theopening of the casinvention, we

ing at that end, a combined gripping mem-,

her and ejector mounted to slide in the casing and the tubular portionof the mouth piece and consisting of a stem and a gripping head forgripping the article to be smoked, gripping members on the head andnormally held in gripping position when the 'head lies in the normalbore of the cas- I ing, said members being adapted to spread out whenthe head is moved forwardly to the enlarged bore of the casing, and afinger piece on the head and projecting through the slot in the casing.7

2. A cigarette or cigar holder comprising a tubular mouth piece, acasing projecting from one end of the mouth piece with the bore of thecasing enlarged at one end, atubular stem mounted to slide in thetubular portion of the mouth piece, a head on the stem to slide in saidcasing and spring like gripping members on said head, said grippingmembers being adapted to grip the article to be smoked when an endthereof is inserted in the head and the head retracted along the normalbore of the casing, said gripping members, when the head is moved to theenlarged bore of the casing, being adapted to spread out and release thearticle to be smoked. v

In testlmony whereof we affix our signatures.

GEORGE E. SALMON. CHARLES J. VOLKMAN.

